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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Glob. Womens Health

Sec. Contraception and Family Planning

Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1492105

Contraceptive Behaviors and Media Influence among Women in Bangladesh: Exploring the Effects of Age and Education

Provisionally accepted
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur City, Bangladesh

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    Background: Married Bangladeshi women of reproductive age have improved their contraceptive use in recent decades. This review study searches PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar to examine how age and education affect Bangladeshi women's contraceptive behaviors. Results: Modern approaches were most used by 15-19-year-olds. Between 2011 and 2017-18, fewer educated women read a newspaper or magazine at least once a week, suggesting older women watch more TV. Over time, elderly adults utilize none of the three media at least once a week. According to the findings, elderly women are least likely to receive weekly media coverage of their contraceptive treatments. In short, study explored that younger women utilize current contraceptive techniques, whilst older women may employ them less frequently and better education significantly enhances contraceptive use, as there is a strong correlation between educational attainment and the utilization of contraception. Moreover, the results indicated that women who were not exposed to the media were less likely than those who were to use contemporary techniques.The report strongly recommends improving the education of disadvantaged people, particularly Bangladeshi women. To boost the nation's usage of contraceptives, women need effective health behaviour education, family planning, and counselling programs.

    Keywords: Contraceptive behavioral practices, media exposure, age effects, Education effects, Bangladeshi women

    Received: 06 Sep 2024; Accepted: 26 Mar 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Moon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Monira Parvin Moon, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur City, Bangladesh

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